Dylan Forshner's new EP, “Hopeless Optimism,” presents itself not so much as a collection of songs but as a series of candid diary entries set to intricately picked acoustic strings. This five-song journey from the Welland, Canada artist begins in a place of palpable internal wrestling, where the lyrics – and Forshner’s delivery – map out the grim territories of being overwhelmed, using substances...

Meresha is a creative, performer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and producer from the United States. She is known for her deep, wide-ranging, and soulful voice as well as her eccentric musical vision. https://soundcloud.com/meresha Her songs have reached the top of the Billboard charts on many occasions, and her music videos have been shown all over the world, including on MTV, where she was the winner of a...